Additional Name(s): Sangay Gyatso, Sangye Gyatso, སངས་རྒྱས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 桑杰嘉措(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: December/10/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Sanggye Gyatso is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On December 10, 2018, public security officials in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba (Ngaba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Gyatso, a teenage monk at Ngaba's Kirti Monastery, reportedly for participating in a solo protest calling for "freedom for Tibetans." Authorities reportedly beat him before arresting him.
"Sanggye Gyatso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)